MAT 343LINEAR ALGEBRAFall 2009 |
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Instructor: Sergey Nikitin
Office hours: by appointment
Office: PSA 436, phone : 965-0466
Tests: There will be a total of three 50 minutes tests worth 100 points each and the final. The final exam is worth 150 points. Homework: Problems assigned through Friday are due on Monday next week. Grading: A maximum of 500 points is possible ( 300 from the tests, 150 from the final and 50 (or more) from class participation). Course attendance and active participation in the class work are strongly advised. By this way up to 50 points can be earned. Grades will be based on the number of points earned:
A- 90%-100% , B- 80%-89%, C-70%-79%,D- 60%-69%, E- 0-59%.
The following syllabus is supposed to give a rough orientation .
Gaussian procedure, matrix inverse, Cramer's rule
Test 1 .............................September 22
Linear dependence and independence, eigenvectors and eigenvalues
Test 2 .............................October 20
Orthogonal matrices, canonical forms of linear operators, classification of the 2nd order curves
Test 3 .............................November 19
Review
Final Exam for 74651 class.................Thursday, Dec 10 (7:30-9:20 AM)
Final Exam for 74653 class.................Thursday, Dec 10 (9:50-11:40 AM)
SLN 74651, 9:00-10:15 AM, (PVW 163)
SLN 74653, 12:00-1:15 PM, (PSA 108)